Shippers' Choice of Virginia, Chester, VA

These are the rears of the two main trailers that students practice on. The truck that carries the orange trailer had a kingpin failure and a student dropped the trailer off the truck the third week of our class ( no fault of his own / total equipment failure ). The fifth wheel had to be completely replaced. The steering column on one of the two tractors has a broken turn signal indicator lever. It just hangs there like that. NUMEROUS times there were engine problems that caused the trucks to die or not start up in a timely manner to practice backing in the parking lot. One of them leaks antifreeze and has to be refilled every few days. Forget about the gauges and lights working properly. And shredded, flat, and torn tires are the norm. These two tractors and trailers do not go out on the road. There is ONE tractor/trailer that is driven on the road for an entire class size. As far as I know there is no cap on the size of a class. The previous four week full time class had 22 students sharing one road legal truck. My class had 10 students, which was almost too large to really get enough practice. I am fortunate to have picked up the skills fast enough to pass on the first attempt at the DMV road test. Many students from this school do NOT pass on their first attempt. Three failed attempts and the school makes $800 off of students who must receive further training.

From the website - "Our students are taught with equipment that is standard in the industry. The trucks we use are the same as the ones being driven by trucking companies on the road today."

I haven't even started mentioning the instructor conduct complaints I not only have, but have evidence of, and will be faxing to the DMV tomorrow.

 

The locking jaws on the fifth wheel failed, and there was no way to see it beforehand. I have no complaints about any other location. I only attended Chester. I don't see how you would be blacklisted from anything or what exactly you could be blacklisted from.

 

I hope you either work there and have never realized the misspelling on the door, or you are a student who hasn't passed the DMV road test. Anyway. Maybe you are the woman who welcomed sexual advances from an instructor in front of other students. Complaint has been filed with DMV. The conduct at the school is a different matter from the equipment entirely. AND as long as the broken trucks stay in the parking lot, but are advertised as "the same equipment used in the industry", it will deter students who read this from attending the school. What a shame.

I hope you got your money's worth.

 

You are half illiterate. It's sad. It reminds me of some of the curriculum handouts given to students at the program. Maybe you can become an instructor there some day. If the shoe fits.

 

I don't think all the testers will react the same way. There are some who are hard ##### and some who are cool. The road truck barely makes inspection before it's used by students to test. Seriously. My complaint to the DMV was about instructor conduct. DEPLORABLE example of "what to expect" in this industry.

 

Anyway, I call complete b.s. on you having passed. I know who this is now. There ain't no way you passed unless you were given special treatment by the program, and even then - I don't think you have passed. Show some proof or get off my thread.